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AL SB36
Bill
Status
2/7/2012
Primary Sponsor
Bryan Taylor
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AI Summary
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Amends Alabama Code Section 31-6-11 to temporarily expand eligibility for veteran dependent scholarship benefits to include any service period, not just wartime or extra hazardous conditions service.
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Allows wives, widows, and children of veterans to receive postsecondary educational scholarship benefits based on any veteran service for educational programs commenced prior to July 1, 2013.
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Provides that eligible dependents may continue receiving benefits until completion of their educational program if they started before the July 1, 2013 deadline and meet other subsection (b) requirements.
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Takes effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Veterans' Affairs, State Department of, college scholarships for dependants of veterans, benefits available only during certain periods of service, exception for education program commenced by certain date, Sec. 31-6-11 am'd.
Veterans' Affairs, State Department of
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
2/7/2012